Epilithon membranaceum (Esper) Heydrich 1897

Melobesia membranacea (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux

Current name: Melobesia membranacea (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux
microscope on Osmundea osmunda, Lourido, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2008Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Epilithon membranaceum (Esper) Heydrich 1897: 408

Published in: Heydrich, F. (1897). Melobesiae. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 15(7): 403-420, pl. XVIII [18].

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Epilithon.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melobesia membranacea (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux.

Basionym
Corallina membranacea Esper

Type Information
Type locality: [West coast of France]; (Esper 1796: pl. ) Lectotype (designated by Woelkerling & Chamberlain 2007: 232; Esper, 1796, Corallina Tab. XII, figs 2, 3, and 4: Upper right specimen on unnumberd sheet labelled Melobesia membranacea by Lamouroux (epitype) CN; sine numero (Woelkerling & Chamberlain 2007: 233) Notes: Woelkerling & Chamberlain (2007) note that the "neotype" of Chamberlain (1985) has to be superseded as the ICN rules governing the selection of types have changed. It should be regarded as an epitype (CN, unnumbered, herbarium Lamouroux), on the red alga Calliblepharis ciliata, designated and illustrated in Chamberlain (1985: 676–677, as "neotype"); see Athanasiadis (2024: 191).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), membranous (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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